Citations

[S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation One, pages 1-7. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

[S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 6, the date written as "1 of the 12 mo" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was February, not December. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Hannah became a widow when JosiahBlackman died between 1741 and 1747.2

(4th Daughter) Probate Agreement

11 February 1741/42

Hannah, representing herself, participated in the discussion on 11 February 1741/42 to prepare and finalize an agreement between the heirs and assigns of JohnHawes, late of Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), yeoman, deceased. The probate document identified each of the parties to the agreement, and their relationships to the deceased, as:

JamesHeaton of Rutland in the County of Worcester, yeoman, on behalf of himself and on behalf of his wife Eliony (Hawes)Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of the deceased JohnHawes.

JamesHeaton, again, on behalf of his brother SamuelHeaton of Hebron, in the County of Windham in the Colony of Connecticut, yeoman, and his wife Sarah (Hawes)Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of JohnHawes. James identified SamuelHeaton further by adding "alias SamuelHeaton, his brother, of Black River in the Jerseys in America, yeoman, and Sarah his wife, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of JohnHawes deceased."

EbenezerEllis of Dedham, a wheelwright, on his own behalf and also on behalf of SamuelEverett. SamuelEverett was an heir of the deceased JohnHawes as the son and only child of Mary (Hawes)Everett, late of Dedham, deceased, who had been the eldest daughter of the deceased JohnHawes. SamuelEverett had assigned his share to EbenezerEllis

Hannah Hawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased JohnHawes, on her own behalf.

ElizabethHawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased JohnHawes, on her own behalf.

Grandson JohnHawes on behalf of himself and his brothers and sisters. They were all identified as the children of JohnHawes of Dedham, deceased, who had been a son of the deceased JohnHawes. The other grandchildren, his brothers and sisters, were not named.

Daughter-in-Law Elizabeth (Warren)Hawes, widow of SamuelHawes, late of Dedham, husbandman, deceased, on behalf of herself and her children. Her husband, the children's father, had been a son of the deceased JohnHawes.

The agreement was signed by James Heaton, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes, John Hawes and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes. On 10 March 1741/42 in Boston, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes and John Hawes acknowledged the instrument to be their voluntary act, and on 31 July 1742 in Boston, James Heaton and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes made their acknowledgements.3

(4th Daughter) Estate and Land

11 February 1742

Under the 11 February 1742 agreement, Hannah Hawes received £14 15s in moveables as her full share. Additionally, she, and each of the other heirs, received a one-seventh part of 14 acres on Hawes Hill.

The agreement then outlined how each of the seven parts of the 14 acres on Hawes Hill was to be divided. Joseph and Lydia (Hawes)Pratt had the first lot, adjoining his meadow; James and Eliony (Hawes)Heaton received the second lot; Samuel and Sarah (Hawes)Heaton received the third lot; Hannah Hawes, the fourth and ElizabethHawes, the fifth; grandson JohnHawes, the sixth lot; and EbenezerEllis, the seventh lot adjoining Old Field. The lots were to be southeasterly and northwesterly and to be of unequal breadth at the southeasterly end, and also have convenient cart paths leading from the brook, to and over each of the lots.3

[He] served in King Philip's War under Captain Nathaniel Davenport in 1675.4

Occupation*

John was a farmer who owned and worked his own land in Dedham. His official classification was "yeoman" which identified him as "a freeholder of a class below the gentry who worked his own land, one not advanced to the status of gentleman."4

Son-in-law JamesHeaton of Rutland in the County of Worcester, yeoman, appeared on behalf of himself and on behalf of his wife Eliony (Hawes)Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of the deceased John Hawes.

JamesHeaton was also a party to the agreement on behalf of his brother, also a son-in-law of the deceased John Hawes, SamuelHeaton of Hebron, in the County of Windham in the Colony of Connecticut, yeoman, and his wife Sarah (Hawes)Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of John Hawes. James identified SamuelHeaton further by adding "alias SamuelHeaton, his brother, of Black River in the Jerseys in America, yeoman, and Sarah his wife, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of John Hawes deceased."

Son-in-law JosephPratt of Dedham, yeoman, appeared on behalf of himself and his wife Lydia (Hawes)Pratt, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased John Hawes.

Grandson SamuelEverett was an heir of the deceased John Hawes as the son and only child of Mary (Hawes)Everett, late of Dedham, deceased, who had been the eldest daughter of the deceased John Hawes. SamuelEverett assigned his share to EbenezerEllis of Dedham, a wheelwright, who represented both himself and Samuel in the agreement.

HannahHawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased John Hawes, represented herself.

ElizabethHawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased John Hawes, represented herself.

Grandson JohnHawes was a party to the agreement and represented himself and his brothers and sisters. They were all identified as the children of JohnHawes of Dedham, deceased, who had been a son of the deceased John Hawes. The other grandchildren, his brothers and sisters, were not named.

Daughter-in-Law Elizabeth (Warren)Hawes, widow of SamuelHawes, late of Dedham, husbandman, deceased, was a party to the agreement on behalf of herself and her children. Her husband, the children's father, had been a son of the deceased John Hawes.

The agreement was signed by James Heaton, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes, John Hawes and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes. On 10 March 1741/42 in Boston, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes and John Hawes acknowledged the instrument to be their voluntary act, and on 31 July 1742 in Boston, James Heaton and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes made their acknowledgements.6

Estate and Land*

11 February 1742

Under the 11 February 1742 agreement, JosephPratt, representing himself and his wife Lydia (Hawes)Pratt, and EbenezerEllis, who was acting both on his own behalf and on behalf of SamuelEverett, the only child of Mary (Hawes)Everett, deceased, eldest daughter of the deceased John Hawes, received 11 acres and 8 rods of land belonging to the estate as it was situated, lying and being in Dedham in the Old Field, so called, as it butted and bounded on the land of the widow Elizabeth (Warren)Hawes southerly, and on the land of EleazerFisher easterly and southeasterly and on common land in part northeasterly and on the brook northwesterly and on the land of the estate of John Hawes, deceased, on all other parts. JosephPratt and EbenezerEllis were to pay all the debts belonging to the estate plus £7 16s funeral charges. JosephPratt and his wife Lydia (Hawes)Pratt also received three acres of meadow near what was called South Meadow and bounded on South Brook northeasterly and on the land of JohnMackenab easterly and on what was called Hawes Hill southerly to a certain dam, for their full share in the whole estate of their father, John Hawes, deceased. EbenezerEllis received, to make up for his full share on behalf of the deceased's grandson SamuelEverett, 2.25 acres and 22 rods of land in what was called Old Field, butted and bounded on the land set off to pay the debts and funeral charges and described as lying southeasterly and southwesterly and on the land of the estate northwesterly, and on Hawes Hill northeasterly.

JamesHeaton and his wife Eliony (Hawes)Heaton received 3/4 of an acre and 14 rods of land bounded southwesterly on the land set off to pay the debts and southeasterly on the land set off to EbenezerEllis and on the brook northwesterly and on the dam and Hawes Hill on all other parts with allowances for a convenient cart passage through it where it had been previously given and granted to SamuelHawes, deceased; and also £23 10s in moveables to complete their full share in the estate.

SamuelHeaton and his wife Sarah (Hawes)Heaton, represented by Samuel's brother JamesHeaton, received £34 15s in moveables as their full share in the estate.

HannahHawes and ElizabethHawes each received £14 15s in moveables as their full shares in their father's estate.

The widow Elizabeth (Warren)Hawes and her heirs received one-half of the barn next to the highway plus what they had already received, as their full share in the estate.

JohnHawes, a grandson of the deceased John Hawes, representing himself and his brothers and sisters, agreed they should receive nothing additional from their grandfather's estate because their father JohnHawes, also deceased, had already received his full share in his father's estate during his lifetime.

Additionally, each of the heirs received a one-seventh part of 14 acres on Hawes Hill. The agreement then outlined how each of the seven parts of the 14 acres on Hawes Hill was to be divided. Joseph and Lydia (Hawes)Pratt had the first lot, adjoining his meadow; James and Eliony (Hawes)Heaton received the second lot; Samuel and Sarah (Hawes)Heaton received the third lot; HannahHawes, the fourth and ElizabethHawes, the fifth; grandson JohnHawes, the sixth lot; and EbenezerEllis, the seventh lot adjoining Old Field. The lots were to be southeasterly and northwesterly and to be of unequal breadth at the southeasterly end, and also have convenient cart paths leading from the brook, to and over each of the lots.6

Citations

[S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation One, pages 1-7. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

[S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 4, page 118. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.

[S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 6, the date written as "17 of the 10 mo" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was December, not October. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

[S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 17, the date written as "27:3:83" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was May, not March.

[S43] Dean Heaton, The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America. Contains index. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in this work often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (111 Water Street, Baltimore, MD 21202: Gateway Press, Inc., 1982), Chapter 3, page 30. Hereinafter cited as The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America.

John Hawes, representing himself and his brothers and sisters, participated in the discussion on 11 February 1741/42 to prepare and finalize an agreement between the heirs and assigns of JohnHawes, late of Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), yeoman, deceased. The probate document identified each of the parties to the agreement, and their relationships to the deceased, as:

JamesHeaton of Rutland in the County of Worcester, yeoman, on behalf of himself and on behalf of his wife Eliony (Hawes)Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of the deceased JohnHawes.

JamesHeaton, again, on behalf of his brother SamuelHeaton of Hebron, in the County of Windham in the Colony of Connecticut, yeoman, and his wife Sarah (Hawes)Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of JohnHawes. James identified SamuelHeaton further by adding "alias SamuelHeaton, his brother, of Black River in the Jerseys in America, yeoman, and Sarah his wife, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of JohnHawes deceased."

EbenezerEllis of Dedham, a wheelwright, on his own behalf and also on behalf of SamuelEverett. SamuelEverett was an heir of the deceased JohnHawes as the son and only child of Mary (Hawes)Everett, late of Dedham, deceased, who had been the eldest daughter of the deceased JohnHawes. SamuelEverett had assigned his share to EbenezerEllis

HannahHawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased JohnHawes, on her own behalf.

ElizabethHawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased JohnHawes, on her own behalf.

Grandson John Hawes on behalf of himself and his brothers and sisters. They were all identified as the children of JohnHawes of Dedham, deceased, who had been a son of the deceased JohnHawes. The other grandchildren, his brothers and sisters, were not named.

Daughter-in-Law Elizabeth (Warren)Hawes, widow of SamuelHawes, late of Dedham, husbandman, deceased, on behalf of herself and her children. Her husband, the children's father, had been a son of the deceased JohnHawes.

The agreement was signed by James Heaton, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes, John Hawes and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes. On 10 March 1741/42 in Boston, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes and John Hawes acknowledged the instrument to be their voluntary act, and on 31 July 1742 in Boston, James Heaton and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes made their acknowledgements.2

(2nd Grandson) Estate and Land

11 February 1742

Under the 11 February 1742 agreement, because John's father, the deceased's son JohnHawes, also deceased, had already received his full share in his father's estate during his lifetime, the agreement did not provide John and his siblings with an additional share in their grandfather's estate. They were included, however, among the other 6 heirs and, collectively, received a one-seventh part of 14 acres on Hawes Hill. The agreement then outlined how each of the seven parts of the 14 acres on Hawes Hill was to be divided. Joseph and Lydia (Hawes)Pratt had the first lot, adjoining his meadow; James and Eliony (Hawes)Heaton received the second lot; Samuel and Sarah (Hawes)Heaton received the third lot; HannahHawes, the fourth and ElizabethHawes, the fifth; grandson John Hawes, the sixth lot; and EbenezerEllis, the seventh lot adjoining Old Field. The lots were to be southeasterly and northwesterly and to be of unequal breadth at the southeasterly end, and also have convenient cart paths leading from the brook, to and over each of the lots.2

He served in the French and Indian War, first in Captain Eliphalet Fales' company from April to November 1756 on the Crown Point Expedition. He enlisted again on 6 August 1761 and served until November 1762, both in Captain Parker's and Captain Moulton's companies.1

Citations

[S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Three, pages 15-27. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

[S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 63, his birth was recorded without identifying his given name. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Family

Citations

[S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

[S1293] Edward Doubleday Harris, A Genealogical Record of Daniel Pond, and his descendants, downloaded from the Boston Public Library EBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: William Parsons Lunt, 1873), Israel Pond, page 20. Hereinafter cited as Daniel Pond and his descendants.

Family

Citations

[S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation One, pages 1-7. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

[S1248] Eklon Wilson Gay and Christopher Challender Child, "Joanna Hooker, wife of John Borden and John Gay", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 164, pages 114-120 (April 2010). This thoroughly researched and completely sourced article is excellent as it examines and proves that Joanna Hooker was the wife of both John Borden and John Gay. Hereinafter cited as "Joanna Hooker, wife of John Borden and John Gay."

[S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 4, her name recorded as "Liddia" and the date written as "26 of the 11 mo" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was January, not November. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Lydia's husband JosephPratt, representing himself and his wife Lydia (Hawes) Pratt, participated in the discussion on 11 February 1741/42 to prepare and finalize an agreement between the heirs and assigns of JohnHawes, late of Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), yeoman, deceased. The probate document identified each of the parties to the agreement, and their relationships to the deceased, as:

JamesHeaton of Rutland in the County of Worcester, yeoman, on behalf of himself and on behalf of his wife Eliony (Hawes)Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of the deceased JohnHawes.

JamesHeaton, again, on behalf of his brother SamuelHeaton of Hebron, in the County of Windham in the Colony of Connecticut, yeoman, and his wife Sarah (Hawes)Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of JohnHawes. James identified SamuelHeaton further by adding "alias SamuelHeaton, his brother, of Black River in the Jerseys in America, yeoman, and Sarah his wife, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of JohnHawes deceased."

JosephPratt of Dedham, yeoman, on behalf of himself and his wife Lydia (Hawes) Pratt, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased JohnHawes.

EbenezerEllis of Dedham, a wheelwright, on his own behalf and also on behalf of SamuelEverett. SamuelEverett was an heir of the deceased JohnHawes as the son and only child of Mary (Hawes)Everett, late of Dedham, deceased, who had been the eldest daughter of the deceased JohnHawes. SamuelEverett had assigned his share to EbenezerEllis

HannahHawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased JohnHawes, on her own behalf.

ElizabethHawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased JohnHawes, on her own behalf.

Grandson JohnHawes on behalf of himself and his brothers and sisters. They were all identified as the children of JohnHawes of Dedham, deceased, who had been a son of the deceased JohnHawes. The other grandchildren, his brothers and sisters, were not named.

Daughter-in-Law Elizabeth (Warren)Hawes, widow of SamuelHawes, late of Dedham, husbandman, deceased, on behalf of herself and her children. Her husband, the children's father, had been a son of the deceased JohnHawes.

The agreement was signed by James Heaton, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes, John Hawes and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes. On 10 March 1741/42 in Boston, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes and John Hawes acknowledged the instrument to be their voluntary act, and on 31 July 1742 in Boston, James Heaton and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes made their acknowledgements.7

(6th Daughter) Estate and Land

11 February 1742

Under the 11 February 1742 agreement, JosephPratt and EbenezerEllis received 11 acres and 8 rods of land belonging to the estate as it was situated, lying and being in Dedham in the Old Field, so called, as it is butted and bounded on the land of the widow Elizabeth (Warren)Hawes southerly, and on the land of EleazerFisher easterly and southeasterly and on common land in part northeasterly and on the brook northwesterly and on the land of the estate of JohnHawes, deceased, on all other parts. JosephPratt and EbenezerEllis were also to pay all the debts belonging to the estate plus £7 16s funeral charges. JosephPratt and his wife Lydia (Hawes) Pratt also received three acres of meadow near what was called South Meadow and bounded on South Brook northeasterly and on the land of JohnMackenab easterly and on what was called Hawes Hill southerly to a certain dam, for their full share in the whole estate of her father, JohnHawes, deceased. Additionally, they, and each of the other heirs, received a one-seventh part of 14 acres on Hawes Hill.

The agreement then outlined how each of the seven parts of the 14 acres on Hawes Hill was to be divided. Joseph and Lydia (Hawes) Pratt had the first lot, adjoining his meadow; James and Eliony (Hawes)Heaton received the second lot; Samuel and Sarah (Hawes)Heaton received the third lot; HannahHawes, the fourth and ElizabethHawes, the fifth; grandson JohnHawes, the sixth lot; and EbenezerEllis, the seventh lot adjoining Old Field. The lots were to be southeasterly and northwesterly and to be of unequal breadth at the southeasterly end, and also have convenient cart paths leading from the brook, to and over each of the lots.7

Citations

[S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation One, pages 1-7. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

[S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 5, the date written as "4th of the 9 mo" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was November, not September. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Family

Citations

[S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

[S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 16, the date written as "17: 7: 79" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was September, not July. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

[S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs, Generation Three, pages 15-27, her date of birth reported as 25 May 1685" which was the date of her husband's birth and likely an error in the book.

[S1293] Edward Doubleday Harris, A Genealogical Record of Daniel Pond, and his descendants, downloaded from the Boston Public Library EBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: William Parsons Lunt, 1873), Ichabod Pond, pages 27-28. Hereinafter cited as Daniel Pond and his descendants.

He was believed by the Hawes source to have died circa 1776 in either Wrentham, Franklin or Bellingham, all adjoining towns in Suffolk County. Originally both a part of Wrentham, Bellingham was taken in 1719 and Franklin in 1778. Nathaniel's death was not recorded.2

[S1252] Danforth Phipps Wight M.D., The Wright Family. Memoir of Thomas Wight, of Dedham, Mass., with genealogical notices of his descendants, from 1637 to 1840, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1848), page 71. Hereinafter cited as Wight Family Memoir of Thomas Wight of Dedham.

Why wouldn't Sarah's son, IsaacHeaton, have known the name of his mother? This worrisome question puzzled me as a child and, as we began our Heaton family research project, we still had no answer. A handwritten pedigree chart, with names and dates of our Heaton family descending from our immigrant NathanielHeaton, had been prepared for distribution within the family in 1941 by Roy HenryHeaton in Montana, a 2nd great-grandson of Isaac Heaton, and a 5th great-grandson of the immigrant Nathaniel Heaton. It had been our understanding, when we received a copy of the handwritten chart in the late 1960s, that the information had been culled and copied from notes made by IsaacHeaton, himself, from information that had been kept by his ancestors and expanded upon by later generations. The handwritten chart incorrectly recorded a duplicate entry, and generation, for Isaac's father, SamuelHeaton, son of Nathaniel and grandson of the immigrant Nathaniel, with Samuel's wife recorded as "Susanna Howe". The second entry for Isaac's father, SamuelHeaton, identified him as Samuel Jr., son of Samuel, grandson of Nathaniel and great-grandson of the immigrant Nathaniel, with Samuel's wife recorded as "Sarah Hancock".

A second, typewritten expansion of the handwritten chart, was prepared in 1944, again by Roy Henry Heaton, and included additional information obtained from various Heaton family members. Roy sent the original copy of his expanded document to his 1st cousin, Arthur DuaneHeaton, in North Dakota who sent it to his son in California to have it typed by the secretaries in his son's office. The finished, typed copy, as distributed to members of the Heaton family, contained the same incorrect extra generation, and the confusion with Samuel identified twice, first in the Third Generation with wife "Susannah Howe" and then in the Fourth Generation as Samuel Jr. with wife "Sarah Hancock." The typewritten, and expanded, version also included the surprising and new information that Sarah Hancock was "probably an aunt of John Hancock". (These family stories take on a life of their own, don't they?)

Our path to learning about Isaac's mother turned out to take a surprising turn. Her name was the easy part. She was SarahHawes, and she doesn't really qualify as a "Brick Wall" because she was not at all difficult to identify. It's the other things we learned about her along the way that make us wonder now. What's the rest of her story? Why was she ignored, or forgotten, or misremembered by her Heaton family? We're hoping that somewhere, someone can share the answers to these questions.3,4,5,6,7

However... her birth date was reported as 13 August 1689 in Dedham in the Hawes source which also stated that some of the information on the Sarah Hawes and Samuel Heaton family was received by a third party. Hawes also included a notation that the birth date of 13 August 1689 had been verified in the Vital Records of Dedham. This researcher, to date, has not found that verification. We found only one Sarah born to John "Hawse" in the Dedham records. Her date of birth was recorded only as the year "1686". So... maybe "our" Sarah was actually born on 13 August 1686, and not in 1689, or the earlier Sarah died before the second Sarah's birth and was not recorded and/or the third party received or delivered incorrect information to Hawes regarding the year. Would Sarah "fudge" the year of her birth to her family to make herself 3 years younger? It's possible...1,8

Sometime between 1734 and 1736, the three oldest of Sarah and SamuelHeaton's sons, Samuel, Jabesh and Daniel, left Connecticut and moved to an area on the Black River near Mount Olive, Morris County, New Jersey, with plans to establish an iron works. How long they operated, or how successfully, is not known, however the mountain range there was rich in iron for many years. It is believed by many descendants of this Heaton family that the boys' father, SamuelHeaton, journeyed with them from Connecticut, and assisted them in setting up their business in New Jersey. If the elder Samuel was with them initially, he also returned, before the spring of 1736, to his wife and younger children in Connecticut. His sons, though, remained in New Jersey, operating their business until they eventually ran out of trees for charcoal.11,12,2,13

Land Records*

27 February 1737/38

On 27 February 1737/38 SamuelHeaton and his wife Sarah sold their land bordering on North Pond in Hebron to GodfreeTarbox.14

Relocation*

Following the sale of their Connecticut property in 1738, the movements and residences of Sarah and SamuelHeaton become unclear. In Sarah's father's probate agreement dated 11 February 1742, Samuel and Sarah are identified as residents of Hebron, Windham County, Connecticut and on that same date, in the same document, Samuel is identified also as of the Black River area of New Jersey. We suspect that, at the time, Samuel was in New Jersey with the couple's three oldest sons, and may have been preparing to move there permanently with the rest of his family.15

(2nd Daughter) Probate Agreement

11 February 1741/42

Sarah's brother-in-law JamesHeaton, representing his brother SamuelHeaton and Samuel's wife Sarah (Hawes) Heaton, participated in the discussion on 11 February 1741/42 to prepare and finalize an agreement between the heirs and assigns of JohnHawes, late of Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), yeoman, deceased. The probate document identified each of the parties to the agreement, and their relationships to the deceased, as:

JamesHeaton of Rutland in the County of Worcester, yeoman, on behalf of himself and on behalf of his wife Eliony (Hawes)Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of the deceased JohnHawes.

JamesHeaton, again, on behalf of his brother SamuelHeaton of Hebron, in the County of Windham in the Colony of Connecticut, yeoman, and his wife Sarah (Hawes) Heaton, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of JohnHawes. James identified SamuelHeaton further by adding "alias SamuelHeaton, his brother, of Black River in the Jerseys in America, yeoman, and Sarah his wife, one of the children and co-heirs of the estate of JohnHawes deceased."

EbenezerEllis of Dedham, a wheelwright, on his own behalf and also on behalf of SamuelEverett. SamuelEverett was an heir of the deceased JohnHawes as the son and only child of Mary (Hawes)Everett, late of Dedham, deceased, who had been the eldest daughter of the deceased JohnHawes. SamuelEverett had assigned his share to EbenezerEllis

HannahHawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased JohnHawes, on her own behalf.

ElizabethHawes of Dedham, spinster, one of the children and co-heirs of the deceased JohnHawes, on her own behalf.

Grandson JohnHawes on behalf of himself and his brothers and sisters. They were all identified as the children of JohnHawes of Dedham, deceased, who had been a son of the deceased JohnHawes. The other grandchildren, his brothers and sisters, were not named.

Daughter-in-Law Elizabeth (Warren)Hawes, widow of SamuelHawes, late of Dedham, husbandman, deceased, on behalf of herself and her children. Her husband, the children's father, had been a son of the deceased JohnHawes.

The agreement was signed by James Heaton, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes, John Hawes and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes. On 10 March 1741/42 in Boston, Joseph Pratt, Ebenezer Ellis, Hannah Hawes, Elizabeth Hawes and John Hawes acknowledged the instrument to be their voluntary act, and on 31 July 1742 in Boston, James Heaton and Elizabeth (Warren) Hawes made their acknowledgements.15

(2nd Daughter) Estate and Land

11 February 1742

Under the 11 February 1742 agreement, SamuelHeaton and his wife Sarah (Hawes) Heaton received £34 15s in moveables as their full share in the estate. Additionally, they, and each of the other heirs, received a one-seventh part of 14 acres on Hawes Hill.

The agreement then outlined how each of the seven parts of the 14 acres on Hawes Hill was to be divided. Joseph and Lydia (Hawes)Pratt had the first lot, adjoining his meadow; James and Eliony (Hawes)Heaton received the second lot; Samuel and Sarah (Hawes) Heaton received the third lot; HannahHawes, the fourth and ElizabethHawes, the fifth; grandson JohnHawes, the sixth lot; and EbenezerEllis, the seventh lot adjoining Old Field. The lots were to be southeasterly and northwesterly and to be of unequal breadth at the southeasterly end, and also have convenient cart paths leading from the brook, to and over each of the lots.15

Desertion

November 1743

According to divorce documents filed four years later, Sarah left her husband Samuel in Connecticut in November 1743 with plans to relocate to the Black River area of Morris County, New Jersey. The documents stated she had no plans to return to Connecticut, or to her husband. The couple had been married 37 years and had 9 children, ranging in age from 36 to 12 years. The couple's movements are, again, unclear. It is not known if Sarah ever reached New Jersey or where Samuel or their children were living in 1743.16,14

Divorce Filing*

14 September 1747

On 14 September 1747 SamuelHeaton of Lebanon, Windham County, Connecticut, petitioned the Superior Court to grant him a bill of divorce from his wife Sarah (Hawes) Heaton. The evidence submitted to the court included a transcript, prepared on 2 April 1747, of their Dedham marriage record. Samuel's petition stated that he was married to one Sarah Hawes on 10 December 1706, and lived with her and did all the duties of a loving, kind and faithful husband to her until sometime in the month of November 1743, at which time she departed from him to some parts of the Jersey with a design never to return and live with him again and that, without any just cause given her by the petitioner, she did then and has ever since deserted him and has not since performed any one of the duties of a wife to him and hath broken her marriage covenant, for a time period of more than three years. The confirmatory testimony of JosephPhelps, written at Hebron in September of 1748 reported that Sarah Heaton, wife to SamuelHeaton of Lebanon in the County of Windham did some time in the month of November in the year 1743 set out to go to a place called Black River "beyond York Government", as he understood, with a load of goods on her horse, and had not heard that she had returned home to her husband, and had often heard that she had not.17,16,14

Death*

circa 1769

The date and place of Sarah's death is not known, although the year may have been circa 1769. The Hawes source, noting that some of the information used had been obtained from a third source, stated that Sarah died in Flanders (Roxbury), New Jersey about 1769. The same source reported that her husband Samuel had died there also about 1756. While none of the Heaton sources mentioned Sarah's death at all, they did all report that Samuel died in New Jersey, with the incorrect time period of between 1732 and 1737. Both Samuel and Sarah were definitely still alive when Samuel divorced her in 1747. The "Sarah Heaton, wife of John Porter" source stated that no probate record has been found in either Connecticut or New Jersey relating to Sarah (Hawes) Heaton or her husband SamuelHeaton.14,18,19,4

Citations

[S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Two, pages 9-13. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

[S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 4, page 118. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.

[S42] Rachel (Heaton) Colver and Howard L. Leckey, Rachel Heaton's Letter : The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families, pages 282-284.Note: Rachel was 3 months short of being 81 years old when she wrote this letter on 25 January 1861 from her "best recollection." Howard Leckey, the author of Tenmile County, in doing his own research, found Rachel's information to be "fairly correct" and reportedly adjusted any discrepancies he found. (Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, August 1993), noting her grandmother's name as "Sarah Handcock". Hereinafter cited as Rachel Heaton's Letter : The Tenmile Country.

[S44] Roy Henry Heaton, (Miles City, Montana). "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - Eleven Generations", prepared by hand in 1941. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, some of the information and the dates, particularly, in this pedigree chart often prove to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented was a good place for us to start, and has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - 1941."

[S1273] Roy Henry Heaton, (Miles City, Montana). "Heaton Family Pedigree Outline", 1944. A typewritten, and expanded, version of the author's 1941 Heaton Family Pedigree Chart. It was first prepared by the author and included additional information he had obtained from various Heaton family members, some of it valuable to our research. The author sent his original copy to a cousin, who sent it to his son to have it typed by secretaries in the son's office. Warning: This 1944 version contains the same errors as the 1941 pedigree chart, and also contains additional people and a few additional "facts", some of which have proved to be inaccurate. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton Pedigree Outline - 1944."

[S43] Dean Heaton, The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America. Contains index. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in this work often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (111 Water Street, Baltimore, MD 21202: Gateway Press, Inc., 1982), Chapter 4, page 74, reporting her name as "Susan Hawes" while also reporting to have found their marriage information in the Wrentham town records. To date, this researcher has found the entry only in the records of Dedham. Hereinafter cited as The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America.

[S1390] William Nelson, Biographical and Genealogical Notes from the Volumes of the New Jersey Archives, with additions and supplements, Volume IX, downloaded from Google Books, (Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Historical Society, 1916), page 128. Hereinafter cited as Biographical and Genealogical Notes from the New Jersey Archives.

[S1283] Edmund D. Halsey and multiple other authors, History of Morris County, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882), page 254. Hereinafter cited as History of Morris County with biographical sketches.